Friday on Political Rewind: On Jan. 21, 2020, the first case of COVID-19 was detected in the U.S.. Since then, more than 2 million Georgians contracted the virus and nearly 40,000 have died. As a milder variant goes around this winter, we ask a panel of health experts how to best protect ourselves.
The panel
Professor Amber Schmidtke, @AmberSchmidtke, medical educator and public health microbiologist
Dr. Carlos del Rio, @CarlosdelRio7, executive associate dean, Emory School of Medicine and Grady Health System
Professor Rodney Lyn, Dean of School of Public Health, Georgia State University
Timestamps:
0:00 - Introductions
5:00 - Updated COVID numbers
12:00 - Home testing and testing numbers
14:00 - COVID fatigue
16:00 - Importance of boosters
19:00 - Regional hotspots in Georgia
21:00 - Reliability of home tests
26:00 - Disparities between communities of color
32:00 - Impact of health care in Georgia?
38:00 - Rural vs. urban divide
42:00 - Maternal mortality rates
45:00 - Attacks on health care workers during the pandemic, misinformation
52:00 - HIV cases update
Monday on Political Rewind: The AJC's Patricia Murphy joins the panel.